SOUTHERN PLANTER,— ADVERTISING SHEET. 



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Alexandria, July 17, 1858. 



Mr. John Keitlewell : 



Dear Sir— Your favor of the 9tli inst,, has been re- 

 ceived, asking us to give such information as we may 

 have in re.g^ard to the results of the Manipulated 

 Guano we have sold. In answer, we have to say, 

 that we believe it has given general satisfaction to 

 all who have used it. We have heard a number of 

 gentlemen who have tried it, say, they preferred it to 

 Peruvian at the same price, and we believe a large 

 quantity could be sold this fall but for the scarcity 

 of money and the failure in the wheat crop. 



Very respectfully yours, 



ROBINSON & PAYNE. 



Catlett's, Faquier Co., Va., } 

 May 25th, 1858. ] 

 Extract of a letter from G. W. Fitzhugh to Messrs. 

 Robinson and Payne : 



«' I take great pleasure in saying, in replj to your 

 query, that I think the Manipulated Guano far supe- 

 rior to the Peruvian Guano, or any other manure I 

 have ever used, and now expect to use it this fall. 

 I hope Mr. Kettlewell will meet with heavy sales as 

 he certainly deserves success. My wheat is now 

 [/heading, and is consideiably in advance of my nei^^h 

 bors." Yours, iruly, 



G. W. FITZHUGH. 



SuDDLERSviLLE, JuIy 10, 1858. 

 Mr. John Kettlewell : 



Dear Sir — Your " Manipulated Guano" having 

 been very extensively used in this section of Queen 

 Ann's county, and ourselves among that number, we 

 feel it but an act of ordinary justice to you, to express 

 our decided approval of it as our prefierence, for crop 

 and land, over all other fertilizers. 



We are ignorant of any instance where, in the pro 

 Auction of a first crop, it has failed to equal Peruvi- 

 an Guano, whilst the greater quantity of Phosphate 

 of Lime, or bone dust, that it contains, necessarily 

 gives to the soil a far more durable improvement, and 

 a greater certainty of a larger clover or second crop. 



The condition also gives it a leading advantage, 

 feeing perfectly pulverized, dry, uniform and ready for 

 >application by hand or drill. 



Maintain your standard in which we have every 

 eonfidence, and the unquestioned merits of your Ma- 

 nipulated Guano will »neet wiih increased favor. It 

 is the article which every ftirmer wants. Bone Dust 

 and Ammonia, in natural proper proportions. 



Respectfully, (fee, &c., • 

 JOSHUA MAY, 

 WM. A. BARWICK, 

 J. P SPARK. 



MiLLViLLE, King George's Co., Va. 

 Messrs. Robinson Sf Payne : 



Gentlemen — "Kettleweil's Manipulated Guano has 

 made quite a stir, and for tne future will be used in 

 preference to Peruvian Guano." 



Hastily, your friend, 



R. B. SUTTON. 



Letter from Col. W. W. W. Bowie, Md. 



Engmngton Farm, July 14ih, 1858. 

 My Dear Sir — The Manipulated Guano 1 procured 

 from you this spring did not reach me in lime for my 

 oats. I tried it along side the best Fervvian, on corn 

 and potatoes, and garden vegetables. As far as at 

 present tested, its effects are fully equal to the Peru- 

 vian, although I used, as t.ear as I could, only 80 

 pounds on the same quantity of ground that 100 

 pounds of the best Peruvian was used. I did this be- 

 cause it was so finely pulverized, it could be distrib- 

 uted more easily, and 1 concluded must act with 

 Ifreater quickness and force, on that a(;<-^outit. I like 

 It so well, that in future I shall use no Giiano, unless 

 it be " Manipulated." It is certainly much cheaper, 

 more convenient, and must be more lasting as to its 



strength as immediately seen in its effect, it is one- 

 fifth superior to the Peruvian, when used as we com- 

 monly use it, badly or imperfectly pulverized. 

 In great haste, your obedient servant, 



W. W. W. BOWIE. 



Maiden's Forest, near Big Mills P. O. ? 

 Dorchester Co., Md., 25rh Jan., '58. ] 

 John Kettlewell, t^sq , Baltimore, Md. : 



My Dear Sir — I owe you an apology for not earlier 

 giving you the result, &.c , of my experience in the 

 use of your " Manipulated Guano." 



Such is the purity vi' the article used by you and 

 the perfect manner of their admixture at your works, 

 that I am persuaded every ton which I have used from 

 your Factory has yielded from seventy five to one hun- 

 dred bushels of wheat. It is the thing" for my land. 



The ''Manipulated Guano" (12 tons) which 1 par- 

 chased from you in September last, judging from the 

 appearance of my wheat, is fully equal, if not supe- 

 rior, to any I have heretofore used. 



.Very truly your friend, 



THOS. J. HODSON. 



Montgomery Co. Md., Jan. 1858. 

 John Kettlewell, Esq. 



My Dear Sir — In compliance with your request, I 

 will now furnish you with inv experience in the use 

 of your Manipulated Guano — my attention had first 

 been directed to it while on a visit to your farm in Anne 

 Arundel County in the summer of I85.'i — the effect be- 

 ing so powerful on the crop of grain and grass; this 

 was before you had introduced it to the public. I 

 urged you then to do so — and purchased of you in the 

 Spring of 1856, known then as " Reese's Manipulated 

 Guano." I had known you for several years and had 

 im|ilicit confidence that all Guano manipulated by you 

 and emanating from your extensive works, could be 

 relied upon— since that time I have purchased from 

 you, and I may say that my confidence in the "Ma- 

 nipulated" has been increased by its use and thorough 

 trial. My crops of wheat, toljacco, corn, (fee, have 

 been the remark of my neighborhood, and in order that 

 its superiority as a fertilizer may be manifest, I will 

 here state, that I stepped off a lot of ground in the 

 midst of my corn field of last season, certainly not ex- 

 ceeding one acre, which would not have produced 

 more than three barrels, measured the product in the 

 presence of several neighboring farmers, and found 

 the yield to be 10^ barrels of prime corn— this was but 

 a fair average of the yield of the field, and produced 

 by the application of 100 pounds to the acre, broad- 

 cast. My wheat crop harvested last summer, yielded 

 in same ratio. My tobacco is very superior to what I 

 have raised with Peruvian Guano, and its effect upon 

 grass exceeds anything I ever saw or used. 



I have been a large consumer of Peruvian Guano 

 for years, and have come to the conclusitui, that its 

 constant use tends to impoverish our soil by its over 

 stimulating properties producing acidity in the soil, 

 causing the growth of sorrel, so much so, that I novr 

 use no more of it, preferring Kettleweil's Manipulated 

 Guano, for the growth of all crops, to all other fertili- 

 zers; and as long as you manipulate. I shall be one 

 of your patrons, and you nmy look for largely ia- 

 cieased orders from our county in the future. 

 Respectfully yours. 



NATHAN C. DICKERSON. 



_ A a EN T S . 



The fi)llowing are my authorized Agents for th • 

 sale of Kettleweil's Manipulated Guano : 

 DEANE & HOBSON, Richmond, Va. 

 JOHN ROWLETT & CO., Petersburg, Va. 

 HART & HAYES, Fredericksburg, Va. 

 B. T. BOCKOVER, Norfolk, Va. 

 P. A. & S. SMALL, York, Pennsylvania. 

 ROBINSON & PAYNE, Alexandiia, Va. 

 ^ HOWELL E. WARREN, Fa.mviUe, Va. 



